The Board granted service connection for adjustment disorder with depressed mood as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected Stage IIIC Sigmoid Adenocarcinoma with resection of the large intestine, denied service connection for PTSD due to a lack of a current diagnosis, and denied a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss. The claim for urinary incontinence was remanded.
The deciding factor: The decision was based on the evidence provided by the VA examinations and the Veteran's medical history, with particular emphasis on the absence of a current DSM-5 diagnosis of PTSD and the secondary nature of the adjustment disorder with depressed mood to the service-connected colon cancer.
- Claimed conditions
- Adjustment Disorder with Depressed Mood, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Bilateral Hearing Loss, Urinary Incontinence
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 19, 2025
- Citation
- A25025666
What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
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